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Sykes, of Sledmere, Yorkshire (GB, 1783)

Creation: let.pat. 28 Mar 1783

Family name: Sykes

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Arms:

Argent a Chevron Sable between three Sykes proper

Crest:

A Demi-Triton issuant from Flags blowing a Shell and wreathed about the temples with like Flags all proper

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Richard Sykes, a Hull merchant (b. 1678; d. 25 Mar 1726), mar. (1) 22 Jun 1704 Mary Kirkby (b. 1681; d. 4 Apr 1714), dau. and hrss. of Mark Kirkby, of Sledmere, co. York, and had issue:

1. Richard Sykes, of Hull, co. York (b. 1710; d. 18 Jan 1761), mar. 1 Nov 1757 Elizabeth Collins

2. Rev Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Bt. DD

3. Daniel Sykes (bapt. 28 Jan 1713; d. bef 1725)

1. Jane Sykes (b. 1705)

2. Deborah Sykes (b. 1707)

3. Mary Sykes (b. 1709; d. 1 Apr 1744)

Richard Sykes mar. (2) 3 Aug 1721 Martha Donkin, dau. of William Donkin, and had issue:

4. Joseph Sykes, of West Ella, co. York, Mayor of Hull 1761 and 1777 (bapt. 21 Feb 1723; d. 26 Nov 1805), mar. 1 Jul 1754 Dorothy Twigg (bapt. 24 Feb 1727; d. 1796), dau. of Nicholas Twigg, of Bakewell, co. Derby, by his wife Ann Revington, and had issue:

1a. Rev Richard Sykes, of West Ella, co. York, Rector of Foxholes, co. York (b. 4 Oct 1755; d. 3 Mar 1832), mar. 19 Jan 1781 Mary Rowe (b. 1766), and had issue:

1b. Richard Sykes, of West Ella, co. York (bapt. 4 Jul 1783; d. 24 Feb 1870)

1b. Dorothy Sykes (bapt. 29 Apr 1782; d. 1795)

2b. Jane Marianne Sykes (b. 1790; d. 9 Dec 1871), mar. 10 Dec 1814 as his second wife Robert Cary Elwes, of Roxby and Brigg, co. Lincoln, and Great Billing, co. Northampton (b. 28 Jan 1772; d. Jan 1852), 1st son and heir of Cary Elwes, of Roxby and Brigg, co. Lincoln, etc. (by his second wife Elizabeth Holgate, dau. of Edward Holgate, of Roxby, co. Lincoln), only son and heir of Robert Elwes, of Roxby and Brigg, etc., by his wife Martha Cary, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Richard Cary, of Bedford Row, London, a Director of the Bank of England and a merchant of Antigua, and had issue

2a. Joseph Nicholas Sykes (b. 1760; d. 1778)

3a. John Sykes (b. 16 Feb 1763; d. 5 Jan 1813), mar. Dec 1791 Ann Bourne

4a. Nicholas Sykes, of Hereford, co. Hereford, Cottingham, co. York, and Swanland, co. York (bapt. 27 Aug 1763; d. 29 Apr 1827). mar. 23 Aug 1790 Mary Cam (b. c. 1768; d. 26 Feb 1844), dau. of John Cam, of Hereford, co. Hereford, and had issue:

1b. Cornet John Cam Sykes (bapt. 26 Dec 1791;  killed in action v.p. at the Battle of Waterloo 18 Jun 1815)

2b. Lieut Joseph Sykes DL RN, of Raywell House, co. York (b. 14 Sep 1796; d. 8 May 1857), mar. 22 Aug 1820 Elizabeth Egginton (bapt. 21 Aug 1800; d. 3 Mar 1851), dau. of Gardiner Eggington, of North Ferriby, co. York, by his wife Mary Hall, and had issue:

1c. John Sykes (bapt. 5 Aug 1821; d. 11 Sep 1895), mar. 30 Jun 1842 Ellen Fox (bapt. 22 Jn 1823; d. 11 Jan 1906), dau. of John Fox by his wife Ann Pearson

2c. Rev John Henry Sykes, Rector of Foxholes, co. York (bapt. 28 Sep 1822; d. 22 Jul 1850)

3c. Maj Joseph Alfred Sykes, of Raywell House, co. York (bapt. 13 Dec 1823; d. 1 Sep 1865), mar. 11 May 1859 Charlotte Duncombe (b. 1838; mar. (2) 29 Apr 1889 Rev William Rowe Jolley, Rector of Huggate, co. Yok; d. 30 Nov 1904), 1st dau. of Admiral Hon Arthur Duncombe RN MP, of Kilnwick Percy, co. York (by his wife Delia Field, dau. of John Wilmer Field, of Heaton Hall, co. York), 3rd surv. son of Charles [Duncombe], 1st Baron Feversham, by his wife Lady Charlotte Legge, only dau. of William [Legge], 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, and had issue:

1d. Charles Percy Sykes JP, of West Ella Hall, co. York (b. Sep 1862; d. 17 Jun 1889), mar. 29 Apr 1884 jis second cousin Rose Babington Gilliat (b. 1863; d. 1934), dau. of John Saunders Gilliat JP MP, Governor of the Bank of England 1883-85, by his wife Louisa Ann Fanny Babington, dau. of Matthew Babington, of Rothley Temple, co. Leicester, by his wife Frances Sykes, dau. of Nicholas Sykes, of Swanland, co. York, and had issue:

1e. Maj Claude Alfred Victor Sykes, of West Ella Hall, co. York (b. 23 Oct 1887; dsp. 30 Jul 1950), mar. (1) 5 Jan 1909 Evelyn Catherine Alexander (b. 21 Mar 1887; d. 27 Apr 1909), dau. of James Dalison Alexander DL, of Oakbank, Sevenoaks, co. Kent, by his wife Lady Emily Harriet Catherine Boyle, 1st dau. of Richard Edmund St Lawrence [Boyle], 9th Earl of Cork, and (2) Jun 1917 Lois Ward

2e. Nigel Charles Mark Sykes (b. Dec 1894; d. Mar 1968), mar. Dec 1918 Jane Burdon, and had issue:

1f. Faith Sykes (b. Sep 1920)

2f. Susan Sykes (b. Sep 1920)

3f. Lavinia Sykes (b. Sep 1931)

1e. Muriel Frances Sykes (b. Mar 1886; d. 1937), mar. Mar 1906 Col Thomas Claud Gurney later Clitherow DSO DL, of Hotham Hall, co. York (b. Aug 1880; d. 1 May 1963), 2nd son of Charles Henry Gurney. Partner in Saunderson's Bank, London (by his wife Alice Maria Prinsep, only dau. of Hon Henry Thony Prinsep, Member of the East Indies Council), 3rd son of Daniel Gurney, of North Runcton Hall, co.  Norfolk, High Sheriff of Norfolk 1853, Partner in Gurney's Bank, by his wife Lady Harriet Jemima Hay, 4th dau. of William [Hay], 17th Earl of Erroll, and had issue

2e. Violet Rose Sykes (b. c. 1891), mar. Jun 1913 (div. 1926) Brig-Gen Sir Claude Raul Champion de Crespigny, 5th Bt. CB CMG DSO

2d. Henry Arthur Sykes (b. Jun 1864; dsp. Jun 1907), mar. Sep 1892 Ada Maria Terry (b. 1874), 2nd dau. of Sir Joseph Terry JP, of York, co. York, confectioner and philanthropist, by his second wife Margaret Thorpe, 3rd dau. of William Thorpe, of Aldro House, Birdsall, co. York, farmer

1d. Mary Augusta Sykes (b. Jun 1861)

4c. Maj Cam Sykes (bapt. 14 Mar 1827; d. 31 Oct 1910), mar. 29 Apr 1858 his second cousin Emily Sykes Thornton (b. 1838), 1st dau. of Henry Sykes Thornton (by his first wife Harriet Maria Dealtry, dau. of Very Rev William Dealtry, Rector of Holy Trinity, Clapham Common, and Archdeacon of Surrey, by his wife Harriet Stainforth, dau. of Richard Stainforth, banker, by his wife Mary Baring, dau. of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Bt., MP, banker),1st son of Henry Thornton MP by his wife Marianne Sykes, only dau. of Joseph Sykes, of West Ella, co. York, and had issue:

1d. Henry Joseph Sykes (b. 14 Sep 1861), mar. Jun 1893 Harriette Georgina Elliot (b. Mar 1867)

2d. Ernest Ruthven Sykes (b. 30 Dec 1867; d. Jun 1954), mar. Mar 1907 Gladys Bertha Melvill (b. Jun 1883; d. Jun 1965), dau. of James Cosmo Melvill, botonist and malocologist (by his wife Bertha C Dewhurst, dau. of George C Dewhurst, of Lymm, co. Chester, and Aberuchill Castle, co. Perth), son of James Cosmo Melvill, Assistant Under Secretary of State for India (by his wife Eliza Jane Hardastle, dau. of Alfred Hardcastle, of Hatcham House, co. Surrey), son of Sir James Cosmo Melvill KCB FRS, Chief Secretar of the Hon East India Company 1836-58

5c. Lieut Henry Reginald Sykes (bapt. 22 Mar 1833; d. 26 Sep 1865), mar. 15 Oct 1857 Emma Jane van Straubenzee (d. 5 Sep 1898), dau. of Col Henry van Straubenzee JP DL, of Spennithorne Hall, co. York., by his wife Hon Henrietta Wrottesley, only dau. of John [Wrottesley], 1st Baron Wrottesley, by his first wife Lady Caroline Bennet, 1st dau. of Charles [Bennet], 4th Earl of Tankerville, and had issue:

1d. Henry Richard Frederick Sykes

1d. Emma Katie Sykes

6c. Frederick Gardiner Sykes

7c. Richard Nicholas Sykes

8c. Nicholas Richard Sykes

9c. Daniel Sykes, of Oaklands, co. Gloucester

1c. Fanny Sykes

2c. Maria Elizabeth Sykes

3c. Emma Sykes

4c. Lucy Sykes

5c. Sophia Sykes

3b. Henry Sykes (b. 1798; dvp. 21 Mar 1819)

4b. Nicholas Sykes (bapt. 2 Apr 1799; d. 17 Dec 1829)

5b. Daniel Sykes, of Kirk Ella House, co. York (bapt. 9 Jan 1802; d. 28 Jan 1900)

6b. Frederick Sykes, of Cottingham. co. York (b. c. 1805; d. 12 Nov 1845)

1b. Frances Sykes (bapt. 15 Dec 1796; d. 26 Jun 1878)

2b. Mary Anne Sykes (bapt. 16 Dec 1792)

3b. Martha Sykes (bapt. 25 May 1800; d. Mar 1840)

4b. Lucy Sykes (bapt. 22 Jan 1807; d. 22 Jun 1832)

5b. Sophia Sykes (b. c. 1808)

6b. Isabel Sykes (b. c. 1812; d. 5 Mar 1829)

7b. Ann Maria Sykes (bapt. 6 Feb 1814; d. 28 Sep 1830)

5a. Daniel Sykes FRS MP, of Raywell, co. York

6a. Henry Sykes, of Bath, co. Somerset

1a. Marianne Sykes

5. Daniel Sykes (b. 1725)

Rev Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Bt. DD

2nd surv. son of Richard Sykes, a Hull merchant, by his firt wife Mary Kirkby, dau. and cohrss. of Mark Kirkby, of Sledmere, co. York

bapt.

9 May 1711

mar.

14 Feb 1735 Decima Woodford (d. 9 Mar 1793), dau. of Twyford Woodford, of Ely

children

1. Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Bt.

1. Mary Sykes, mar. John de Ponthieu

died

14 Sep 1783

created

28 Mar 1783 a Baronet of Great Britain

suc. by

son

note

Rector of Roos, co. York

Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Bt.

born

23 May 1749

mar.

23 Oct 1770 Elizabeth Tatton (b. 14 Apr 1748; d. 27 Jul 1803), only dau. of William Tatton, of Wythenshawe, co. Chester, by his second wife Hester Egerton, only surv. dau. of John Egerton, of Tatton Park, co. Chester 

children

1. Sir Mark Sykes later Masterman-Sykes, 3rd Bt.

2. Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Bt.

3. Rev Christopher Sykes, Rector of Roos, co. York (b. 18 Oct 1774; d. 9 Nov 1857), mar. 14 May 1799 Lucy Dorothea Langford (d. 17 Dec 1828), dau. and cohrss. of Henry Langford, of Stockport, co. Lancasrer, and had issue

1. Beatrice Hester Decima Sykes (d. Apr 1843), mar. 16 Nov 1795 John Robinson Foulis (d. 29 Apr 1826), 2nd son of Sir William Foulis, 6th Bt., of Ingleby, co. York, and had issue

2. Elizabeth Sykes (d. 28 Feb 1853), mar. 11 Feb 1806 her first cousin Wilbraham Egerton JP DL, of Tatton Park, co. Chester (b. 1 Sep 1781), 1st surv. son and heir of William Tatton later Egerton, of Tatton Park and Wythenshawe, co. Chester, by his second wife Mary Wilbraham-Bootle, sister of Edward [Wilbraham-Bootle later Bootle-Wilbraham], 1st Baron Skelmersdale, and 2nd dau. of Richard Wilbraham later Wilbraham-Bootle, of Rode Hall, co. Chester, and had issue

died

17 Sep 1801

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Beverley 1784-90

Sir Mark Sykes later Masterman-Sykes, 3rd Bt.

born

20 Aug 1771

mar. (1)

11 Nov 1795 Henrietta Masterman (dsp. Jul 1813), dau. and hrss. of Henry Masterman, of Settrington Hall, co. York

mar. (2)

1 Aug 1814 his first cousin Mary Elizabeth Tatton (mar. (2) 16 Sep 1834 Dugdale Stratford Dugdale; d. 26 Aug 1846), only dau. of William Tatton later Egerton, of Tatton Park and Wythenshawe, co. Chester

died

s.p. 16 Feb 1823

suc. by

brother

note

Member of Parliament for York 1807-20; High Sheriff of Yorkshire

Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Bt.

born

22 Aug 1772

mar.

19 Jan 1822 Mary Anne Foulis (d. 1 Feb 1861), 2nd dau. of Sir William Foulis, 7th Bt., of Ingleby Manor, co. York, by his wife Mary Anne Turnor, dau. of Edmund Turnor MP. of Stoke Rochford, co. Lincoln

children

1. Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Bt.

2. Christopher Sykes JP DL MP, of Brantingham Thorpe, co. York (b. 10 Jan 1831; d. 15 Dec 1898)

1. Katherine Lucy Sykes (d. 6 Mar 1921), mar. 8 Aug 1850 Capt Hon Thomas Grenville Cholmondeley (b. 4 Aug 1818; d. 9 Feb 1883), 2nd son of Thomas [Cholmondeley], 1st Baron Delamere, by his wife Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn, 3rd dau. of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Bt. MP, by his second wife Charlotte Grenville, 1st dau. of Rt Hon George Grenville MP, First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister) and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1763-65, and had issue

2. Sophia Frances Sykes (d. 15 Nov 1898), mar. 21 Sep 1853 Rear-Admiral Hon Thomas Alexander Pakenham (b. 3 Mar 1820; d. Jan 1889), 2nd son of Thomas [Pakenham], 2nd Earl of Longford, by his wife Lady Georgiana Emma Charlotte Lygon, 5th dau. of William [Lygon], 1st Earl Beauchamp, and had issue

3. Elizabeth Beatrice Sykes (d. 4 Jul 1883), mar. 15 Oct 1869 Very Rev Hon George Herbert, Dean of Hereford (b. 25 Nov 1825; d. 15 Mar 1894), 3rd son of Edward [Clive later Herbert], 2nd Earl of Powis, by his wife Lady Lucy Graham, 3rd dau. by his second wife of James [Graham], 3rd Duke of Montrose, and had issue

4. Emma Julia Sykes (d. 7 Oct 1907), mar. 17 Jul 1862 Philip Bryan Davies-Cooke JP DL, of Owston, co. York, Gwysaney, co. Flint, and Hafod-y-Wern, co. Denbigh, High Sheriff of Flintshire 1858 (b. 2 Mar 1832; d. 29 Sep 1903), 1st son and heir of Philip Cooke later Davies-Cooke JP DL, of Owston, co. York, Gwysaney, co. Flint, and Hafod-y-Wern, co. Denbigh, High Sheriff of Flintshire 1824, by his wife Lady Helena Caroline King, 3rd dau. of George [King], 3rd Earl of Kingston, and had issue

died

21 Mar 1863

suc. by

son 

died

21 Mar 1863

suc. by

son

Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Bt. JP DL

born

23 Mar 1826

mar.

3 Aug 1874 Christina Anne Jessica Cavendish-Bentinck (d. 2 Jun 1912), 1st dau. of Rt Hon George Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck MP (by his wife Prudentia Penelope Leslie, 2nd dau. of Col Charles Powell Leslie JP MP, of Glaslough, Co. Monaghan), 1st son of Maj-Gen Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck CB MP (by his wife Lady Mary Lowther, 2nd dau. of William [Lowther], 1st Earl of Lonsdale), 4th son of William Henry Cavendish [Bentinck later Cavendish-Bentinck], 3rd Duke of Portland

only child

1. Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Bt.

died

4 May 1913

suc. by

son

note

High Sheriff of the East Riding of Yorkshire 1869

Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Bt. JP

born

16 Mar 1879

mar.

28 Oct 1903 Rt Hon Edith Violet Gorst MP (b. 5 Aug 1872; d. 21 Jul 1930), 3rd dau. of Rt Hon Sir John Eldon Gorst MP, by his wife Mary Elizabeth Moore, dau. of Rev Lorenzo Moore, of Nelson, New Zealand

children

1. Sir (Mark Tatton) Richard Sykes later Tatton-Sykes, 7th Bt.

2. Christopher Hugh Sykes, author and diplomat, Hon Attaché Berlin 1928-29 and Teheran 1930-31, Second Secretary Teheran 1941-43 (b. 17 Nov 1907; d. 1986). mar. 25 Oct 1936 Camilla Georgiana Russell (b. 18 Apr 1912; d. 1983), only dau. of Maj-Gen Sir Thomas Wentworth Russell KBE CMG (by his wife Evelyn Dorothea Temple Moore MBE, dau. of Francis Moore, of 93 Sloane Street, London SW1), 3rd son of Rev Henry Charles Russell, Rector of Wollaton, co. Nottingham (by his wife Hon Leila Louisa Millicent Willoughby, 2nd dau. of Henry [Willoughby], 8th Baron Middleton), 1st son of Lt-Col Lord Charles James Fox Russell MP (by his wife Isabella Clarissa Davies, dau. of William Davies, of Penylan, co. Carmarthen), 6th son of John [Russell], 6th Duke of Bedford, and had issue

3. Daniel Henry George Sykes (b. 15 Oct 1916; dsp. 3 Sep 1968). mar. 24 Jul 1964 Bridget Chetwynd (former wife of Maj Wentworth Randolph Chetwynd MBE; d. 28 Nov 1970), only child of Col Theobald Alfred Walsh DSO

1. Mary Freya Sykes (b. 31 Aug 1904), mar. 17 Nov 1926 Sir Richard Everard Augustine Elwes OBE, High Court Judge (b. 28 May 1901; d. 4 Sep 1968), 5th son of Gervase Henry Cary-Elwes later Elwes JP DL, of Roxby, co. Lincoln, and Billing Hall, co. Northampton, by his wife Lady Winefride Mary Elizabeth, 4th dau. of Rudolph William Basil [Feilding], 8th Earl of Denbigh and 7th Earl of Desmond, and had issue

2. Everilda Sykes (b. 17 Nov 1907), mar. 28 Nov 1928 Lt-Col Adrian Cuthbert Scrope OBE, of Wold House, Nafferton, co. York (b. 13 May 1906), 3rd son of Henry Aloysius Scrope, of Danby Hall, co. York, by his wife Maria Mercedes de Laski, yst. dau. of Alexander de Laski, by his wife Joaquina, Marquesa de Souza Liboa, and had issue

3. Angela Christina Sykes (b. 6 Sep 1911; d. 1984), mar. 11 May 1934 Randal John Somerled [McDonnell], 8th Earl of Antrim, and had issue

died

16 Feb 1919

suc. by

son

note

served in the Boer War 1902 as Capt, 3rd Batallion Yorkshire Regiment; Private Secretary to Chief Secretary of Ireland 1904-05; Hon Attaché at Constantinople 1905-07;  Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Kingston-upon-Hull 1911-19; served in World War I as Lt-Col, 5th Batallion Yorkshire Regiment; founding member of the Arab Bureau set up in 1916 to re-organise the Arab Revolt under T W Lawence; signatory to the Sykes-Picot Agreement 1917

Sir (Mark Tatton) Richard Sykes later Tatton-Sykes, 7th Bt. JP DL

born

24 Aug 1905

mar.

29 Sep 1942 Virginia Gilliat (d. 29 Apr 1970), only dau. of John Francis Grey Gilliat by his wife Lilian Florence Maud Paget (widow of her cousin Henry Cyril [Paget], 5th Marquess of Anglesey), 1st dau. of Sir George Chetwynd, 4th Bt., of Grendon, co. Buckingham, by his wife Lady Florence Cecilia Rawdon-Hastings (widow of Henry Weysford Plantagenet [Rawdon-Hastings], 4th Marquess of Hastings), 3rd dau. of Henry [Paget], 2nd Marquess of Anglesey

children

1. Sir Tatton Christopher Mark Sykes, 8th Bt.

2. Jeremy John Sykes, heir presumptive to the Baronetcy of Sykes of Sledmere (b. 8 Mar 1946), mar. 1982 Pamela June Wood, only dau. of Thomas Wood

3. Christopher Simon Andrew Sykes, photographer (b. 23 Jul 1948), mar. 25 Sep 1983 (div. 1997) Belinda Susan Mary Giles (b. 9 Jun 1958; mar. (2) as his second wife David Dimbleby, of 14 King Street, Richmond-upon-Thames, co. Surrey, broadcaster), 2nd. dau. of Frank Thomas Robertson Giles, editor of The Sunday Times 1981-83, by his wife Lady Katherine Pamela Sackville, only dau. of Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey [Sackville], 9th Earl De La Warr, and has issue

4. Richard Nicholas Bernard Sykes (b. 17 Mar 1953)

1. Arabella-Lilian Virginia Sykes (b. 28 May 1950), mar. 25 Oct 1975 Kevin Delahunty, of Scotts Farm, Stockley, Calne, co. Wiltshire, and has issue

2. Henrietta Caroline Rose Sykes (b. 12 May 1957). mar. 1986 Nigel Kenneth Galliers-Pratt later Cayzer, of Thriepley House, Lundie, Dundee (b. 30 Apr 1954), 2nd son of Anthony Malcolm Galliers-Pratt CBE, of Mawley Hall, Cleobury Mortimer, co. Worcester, by his wife Angela Cayzer, 2nd dau. of Sir Charles William Cayzer, 3rd Bt. MP, and has issue

died

24 Jul 1978

suc. by

son

note

Joint MFH, Middleton East Hunt 1932-33 and 1938-39; served in World War II: Lieut Green Howards, Capt 1941 and Lt-Col 1952; High Sheriff of the East Riding of Yorkshire 1948;  took the additional name of Tatton before that of Sykes by Deed Poll 1977

Sir Tatton Christopher Mark Sykes, 8th Bt.

born

24 Dec 1943

First written 22 Mar 2021

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Address:

Sledmere House, Sledmere, Driffield, East Yorkshire YO25 0XG

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